Farlowella
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Farlowella is a genus of armor catfish (Loricariidae). All Farlowella species live in tropical South America , the Amazon basin , the Río Paraná , the Orinoco and Guiana . They prefer slow-flowing waters with fallen leaves and dead wood, on which they alsolaytheir spawn , which isguarded by the male. They were named Farlowella in honor of William Gilson Farlow , an American botanist and algae specialist. Algae are Farlowella's main diet .
features
The fish have an extremely elongated and slender body that resembles a long, thin branch. The head is elongated by a long and narrow rostrum , which in males is lined with bristles. The mouth is below. The dorsal and anal fin are exactly opposite one another. The caudal fin sits on a long caudal stalk and usually ends in long filaments. Most species are brown in color with a dark brown longitudinal stripe on each side, which begins at the tip of the rostrum and extends over the eyes to the tail. The longitudinal ligament is often interrupted at the tail stalk and consists only of individual spots. Farlowella species grow to be 4 to 10 inches long.
species
- Farlowella acus (Kner, 1853)
- Farlowella altocorpus Retzer, 2006
- Farlowella amazonum ( Günther , 1864)
- Farlowella colombiensis Retzer & Page, 1997
- Farlowella curtirostra Myers , 1942
- Farlowella gracilis Regan , 1904
- Farlowella gianetii Ballen et al., 2016
- Farlowella Hahni Meinken, 1937
- Farlowella Hasemani Eigenmann & Vance, 1917
- Farlowella henriquei Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
- Farlowella isbruckeri Retzer & Page, 1997
- Farlowella jauruensis Eigenmann & Vance, 1917
- Farlowella knerii ( Steindachner , 1882)
- Farlowella mariaelenae Martín Salazar, 1964
- Farlowella martini Fernández-Yépez, 1972
- Farlowella mitoupibo Ballen et al., 2016
- Farlowella nattereri Steindachner, 1910
- Farlowella odontotumulus Retzer & Page, 1997
- Farlowella oxyrryncha (Kner, 1853)
- Farlowella paraguayensis Retzer & Page, 1997
- Farlowella platoryncha Retzer & Page, 1997
- Farlowella reticulata Boeseman, 1971
- Farlowella rugosa Boeseman, 1971
- Farlowella schreitmuelleri Ahl, 1937
- Farlowella smithi Fowler , 1913
- Farlowella taphorni Retzer & Page, 1997
- Farlowella venezuelensis Martín Salazar, 1964
- Farlowella vittata Myers, 1942
- Farlowella yarigui bale & Mojica, 2014
literature
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
- R. Covain, S, Fisch-Muller: The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis , Zootaxa 1462: 1-40 (2007), PDF
Web links
- Farlowella on Fishbase.org (English)